Super Smarties

Happy New Year!  I hope that you all had a great holiday and are feeling fully refreshed.

This new term brings with it a new and exciting topic for the children:  The round city of Baghdad.  We will start by exploring the development of the Arab city and then look into the advancements made there, for example with regards to medicine and astronomy.  We will then compare this to how life was like for the Saxons in Britain at the same time.

Targets

Homework
Your child will continue to receive homework every Friday to be handed in the following Wednesday. 

Spellings
Spellings will be handed out on a Wednesday to be tested the following Monday.  Children can then take their books home so that you can see their results but they must have their book in school every Monday.

Dates for the diary 

• Safer Internet Day: Tuesday 5^th February
• Class assembly: Thursday 14^th February, 3.00pm in the village hall.
• World Book Day: Thursday 7^th March
• World Maths Day: Tuesday 12^th March
• Parent Evening: Thursday 28^th March and Monday 1^st April

Water Bottles
Children are encouraged to bring drinks bottles to school with water so they can have a drink in class.

PE Kit
This half term PE will be on a Thursday and Friday afternoon. Please ensure your child has appropriate kit in school on these days.  Long hair must be tied back and earrings should be removed.

If you have any questions or if there is anything we can do to help, please get in touch!

Miss Stewart and Mr Wilkins

Welcome back!

I hope that you all had a wonderful half term break and are ready for another jam-packed one! 

English
In English, we will be studying persuasive texts.  After reading the model text, which entices tourists to visit the Alps, the children will have a go at writing their very own persuasive leaflet to both a fantasy destination and another holiday hotspot in Italy!  Hopefully, their writing will include all of the layout and language features studied.  Towards the end of this half term, we will also look at how good the children are at complaining by writing letters of complaint to a made up hotel!  In between all of this, look out for another ‘exciting writing’ event. 

Reading
Many children in Super Smarties are well underway to achieving their Bronze Reading Medal.  Thank you so much for all of the parents/carers at home who have supported this.  We would appreciate your continued support with this reading challenge as we move into this half term too.  Remember, three signatures from an adult during the week will result in the children being rewarded with one sticker.  Once they have earnt 12 stickers, they will achieve their Bronze Reading Medal.  Come on Super Smarties, you can do it!

Targets

Homework
Your child will receive homework every Friday to be handed in the following Wednesday. 

Weekly homework will be as follows: 

Spellings will still continue to be handed out on a Wednesday to be tested the following Monday.  Children can then take their books home so that you can see their results but they must have their book back in school every Monday.  The expectation is that they will get 5 or 6 correct every week. 

Water Bottles & PE Kit
Children are encouraged to bring drinks bottles to school with water so they can have a drink in class.

This half term, indoor PE continues to be on a Thursday afternoon and outdoor on a Friday afternoon. Please ensure your child has appropriate kit in school on these days.  Long hair must be tied back and earrings should be removed.

If you have any questions or if there is anything we can do to help then please do not hesitate to ask.

Miss Stewart and Mr Wilkins

Welcome back to a new academic year! 

We hope that you all had a great summer holiday and the children are raring to go and keen to start Year 5.  We are sure that this year will be a positive one filled with lots of learning and fun.  We would also like to take this opportunity to welcome Mrs Monk to our class.  Mrs Monk will be training to become a teacher this year and is delighted to be working with the Super Smarties.

We kick start this year, with a new topic based on the Romans – Rome wasn’t built in a day!  We will teach this topic in a cross curricular way and will start by writing our very own gladiator narrative in English.  In fact, we have already began to learn the model text linked with this narrative which will give the children the techniques, language and grammar skills needed to write their very own historical story.  We will also be exploring the effectiveness of the Roman army, Boudicca’s revolt and the growth of the Roman Empire as the term progresses.

To help us develop our reading skills, we would like to ask you to hear your child read for at least 10 minutes, 3 times a week and sign their reading record.  This can be their class book or a book from their Lexiled reading list, which can be found by logging into Reading Pro.  We appreciate your support with this as we know how busy life can be but those extra reading sessions will help your child to achieve their highest potential.  As a reward for reading regularly, each child will be awarded a sticker each week that they read 3 times to an adult (not including this week!).  If they get 12 stickers, then they will achieve the Bronze Reading Medal!  You can do it Super Smarties!

Targets:

Science

Homework

Your child will receive homework every Friday to be handed in the following Wednesday. 

Spellings will be handed out on a Wednesday to be tested the following Monday.  Your child can then take their spelling book home so that you can see their results but they must have their book back in school every Monday.  The expectation is that they will get 5 or 6 correct every week. 

Coming soon, will be a copy of the words that children need to spell correctly in Years 5 & 6.  Some of these will be sent home for the spelling tests but you may want to work through them with your child as they will need to use them in their writing during Years 5 and 6.

Water Bottles & PE Kit

Children are encouraged to bring drinks bottles to school with water so they can have a drink in class.

This half term, indoor PE will be on a Thursday afternoon and outdoor on a Friday afternoon. Please ensure your child has appropriate kit in school on these days.  Long hair must be tied back and earrings should be removed.

If you have any questions or if there is anything we can do to help then please do not hesitate to ask.

Miss Stewart, Miss Ireland, Mrs Lodge and Mrs Monk